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Applied Materials (Applied Materials) Interest Coverage

: 33.34 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Applied Materials's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,967 Mil. Applied Materials's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-59 Mil. Applied Materials's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 33.34. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Applied Materials's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

AMAT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.88   Med: 18.69   Max: 34.14
Current: 24.6


AMAT's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
53.71% of 620 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 20.44 vs AMAT: 24.60

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Applied Materials Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Applied Materials's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Applied Materials Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.14 18.19 30.51 34.14 32.16

Applied Materials Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 33.39 14.26 30.03 33.98 33.34

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Applied Materials's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Applied Materials Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Applied Materials's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Applied Materials's Interest Coverage falls into.



Applied Materials Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Applied Materials's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023, Applied Materials's Interest Expense was $-238 Mil. Its Operating Income was $7,654 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,713 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*7654/-238
=32.16

Applied Materials's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Applied Materials's Interest Expense was $-59 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,967 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,702 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*1967/-59
=33.34

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Applied Materials  (NAS:AMAT) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Applied Materials (Applied Materials) Business Description

Address
3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95052-8039
Applied Materials is the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturer in the world. Applied Materials has a broad portfolio spanning nearly every corner of the WFE ecosystem. Specifically, Applied Materials holds a market share leadership position in deposition, which entails the layering of new materials on semiconductor wafers. It is more exposed to general-purpose logic chips made at integrated device manufacturers and foundries. It counts the largest chipmakers in the world as customers, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.
Executives
Omkaram Nalamasu officer: Senior VP, CTO C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Brice Hill officer: SVP, CFO 2100 LOGIC DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95124
Teri A. Little officer: SVP, CLO ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MILPITAS CA 95035
Timothy M Deane officer: GVP, Applied Global Services C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVE, PO BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Xun Chen director 35 DORY RD., GLOUCESTER MA 01930
Kevin P March director 12500 TI BLVD, DALLAS TX 75243
Jeff Bodner officer: CVP, Corp. Controller & CAO C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE CA 97070
Gary E Dickerson director, officer: President and CEO
Ginetto Addiego officer: SVP, Engineering 4000 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Daniel Durn officer: Senior VP C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Prabu G. Raja officer: SVP, Semi. Products Group C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Thomas J Iannotti director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Rani Borkar director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVE, PO BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052
Alexander Karsner director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039
Stephen R Forrest director C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039, SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039

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